India’s veteran bowler Jhulan Goswami has achieved yet another landmark as she equalled the world record for the most wickets at Women’s World Cups. Lyn Fulltston from Australia had held the record previously with 39 wickets at World Cups while Carole Hedges (37), Clare Taylor (36) and Cathryn Fitzpatrick (33) follow her on the list.

Goswami attained the massive feat by going through the defences of New Zealand’s wicketkeeper-batter Katey Martin during Women’s World Cup 2022. The right-arm seamer bowled nine overs and was quite economical, conceding just 41 runs including a maiden. Goswami went through an excellent spell of bowling against Pakistan in the previous game where she picked up two wickets for 26 runs in her 10 overs.

Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria slammed Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ramiz Raja’s ‘lame’ excuse on the pitch used for the first Test played between Pakistan and Australia. Being played at the Pindi stadium, the match ended in a dull draw as a total of 1187 runs were scored while only 14 wickets fell over the course of five days. The strip used for the game attracted a lot of criticism from the cricket experts as it had nothing for the bowlers.

With the Rawalpindi pitch becoming a center of criticism, PCB chief issued a statement saying although the pitch was not a good advertisement for Test cricket, the home side didn’t want to create a strip that put the contest in visitors’ lap. However, the statement did not went well for Kaneria as he lashed out on the PCB chief.

Former Indian player Aakash Chopra has opined on the recent changes in the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) code of laws. The new changes will come into effect within this year. The cricket expert expressed his happiness that running out the non-striker for backing up too far is no longer deemed unfair by the MCC and is now shifted into the category of a run-out.

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